Not My Best Day

February 26, 2009

When I find who gave this rotten cold, "To the Moon, Pal!!" I have to go see my doctor this afternoon. Ever wonder why doctors make you get up out of a sick bed to go to his office, and infect everybody there, only to have him tell you that you 're not well? I already told him that on the phone!!!

I'm supposed to work tomorrow, but I don't think that's a good idea. My lady is in her 90's, and is already sick so she doesn't need my cold. My plans just aren't going well this week. I was supposed to have my nails done this afternoon, but I don't have the energy. Now I'll have to have them done Saturday whether I feel like it or not. Oh my, poor baby.

I did have nice news though. Lady Shannon has given me a lovely new award, and she's made me a beautiful blinkie. I will do the award tomorrow, and as soon as I can figure out how to pick that blinkie up intact, I will post it here on my blog. For some reason, the words don't come over with the graphic. Obviously, I'm doing something wrong, and I don't know just what, but then I never had a blinkie of my own.

Miss Tootsie is giving me fits. No matter what I feed her, she doesn't eat. This is not a good time for her to increase her pickiness. And for her information, this will not get her roast beef and roast chicken everyday instead. It's not nice to fool with Mother Nature or me.

My bright spot today was the two slideshows that Kyra sent to me. they were just wonderful. They are chock full of gorgeous photography. Nothing like beautiful photos to pick you up on a grey day.

It's time for me to get dressed to go see my doctor - God bless him, he looks like a teenager, and that's enough to make you depressed. No pictures today, just chat. I will try to do better tomorrow. Y'all have a great day.

Hugs, Edna B.

Bad Weather Coming

February 25, 2009

First let me give you the special credits for yesterday's QP -- they are Granny Art and Gimei. Just so you know, even when I don't post the credits here on the blog, they are most definitely included with the download. Sometimes they will be listed here on the blog (when I remember) and sometimes you will have to download to read the credits.

If you haven't noticed, there are only three more days to this month, and that means that two whole months have slipped right by quick as a wink. Pretty soon it will be Spring (one of my two favorite seasons - the other being Autumn).

As I sit here typing, I'm keeping an eye on the weather channel. It's not looking very good for my trip on Sunday. I'm supposed to be flying out Sunday, but Mr. Weatherman, bless his little heart, is saying that we have some nasty snow and rain coming in for Sunday. NOT GOOD.

This does not make me happy. The last plane that crashed had ice on it's wings. I will need my Angels with me Sunday.

New topic!! I don't know where it came from, but I have the dooziest of a cold. Can you imagine how bad it will be after sucking in all that nasty plane air? I think I had better call my doctor to see what he suggests. Some of the dwarfs and Moo are just getting over nasty colds.
Thanks guys!!

I had some very nice company all afternoon, my daughter in law was here, and we watched some re-runs of Top Chef. I spent the evening working on a layout for the letter "I" challenge at Magickal Scraps. Do you know hard it is to find the right words for these challenge? Well, I racked my brain, and finally settled on Ice Cream. Tootsie and I do like ice cream.

So before I leave you to go watch the finals for Top Chef, I will share my new layout with you.

Y'all have a great night.

Hugs, Edna B.

Special credits: BAZ, Dover.

An Award And An Oscar!

February 24, 2009

My goodness, lots of warm fuzzies today. Not only do I have a new award to share, but I also have an Oscar! I will get to those in a few minutes. First I want to tell you about a freebie for today.

Losing a special pet can be devastating. Last night, I worked all evening on a QP layout. It was originally supposed to be for a challenge at GDS http://www.godigitalscrapping.com/. Then as I was working on it, it became something else -- A layout for Rainbow Bridge. It took me all evening to get it just right. So, Crooknees, this is for you and everyone else who has lost a very special pet friend. I hope you like it. (It's posted at bottom of this post.)

Now for my Nagrada Award from Kyra at http://smiekeltje.blogspot.com/. This is just beautiful, Kyra, thank you so very much.

I will nominate for this award:

Snow Raven at http://silversnowyraven.blogspot.com/

Deb at http://thescrappincop.blogspot.com/

Davonna at http://chroniclesofnani.blogspot.com/

Granny at http://grannyart.blogspot.com/

Efie at http://efies.blogspot.com/

Lady Shannon at http://ladyshannonmemoriesmadeeasy.blogspot.com/

Don't forget the rules, acknowledge who gave it to you, nominate other deserving blogs and let them know by posting a note to their blogs.

From Snow Raven, I received the Blogger Ocar. This is for blogs in which the owner is generous by giving freebies, entertaining and interesting to read and overall -- a blog I would definitely come back to again and again. Wow! I am definitely feeling very honored. Thank you so much, Snowy. Now I need a glass of cold water - my head is swelling. lol.

I would have passed this on to Kyra, Granny and Deb, but they already have it, and they so well deserve it. So my nominees are:

Nani at http://chroniclesofnani.blogspot.com/

Efie at http://efies.blogspot.com/

Lady Shannon at http://ladyshannonmemoriesmadeeasy.blogspot.com/

You may pass this on to anyone else that you think is deserving, and let them know by leaving a message on their blog.

All of my nominees have wonderful blogs, so give yourselves a treat and visit them. Now I must go and pay some attention to Miss Tootsie. She has been waiting patiently for me to finish so that we can play ball. Enjoy your freebie, and y'all have a wonderful day.

Hugs, Edna B.

Here is your download link for "Rainbow Bridge QP":

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Back In Design Mode

February 23, 2009

Woo Hoo!! I made it to another day without bemoaning my stupid new computer. ( I know, I know, that statement just blew it!) Any day that I can sit in front of it and actually accomplish something is a good day.

Last night at work, I had my trustee laptop with me (good ole Windows XP), and I managed to accomplish quite a bit. I will be choosing the color scheme and the theme for the July daily downloads for the forum at Magickal Scraps, so that's what I worked on. I made my color chart, and finished all my papers. After that, I made a batch of new papers and patterns for future kits.

My goal was to be a designer in the forum store by Spring, but I doubt that's going to happen. Too many life things got in my way. So now I'll shoot for Summer. Who knows, maybe I'll make it. Hopefully while on vacation, I will be able to spend a lot of quality time working on my pc.

This morning while I was checking my blog, I find that Miss Kyra has bestowed another beautiful award upon Moi. Oh I do feel loved!!! Thank you so much, my friend. I will post it and my nominees tomorrow. I need to think a bit.

Before I trundle on in to my room for a much needed nap, (I can hear Tootsie groaning now!), I want to share a delightful picture that my friend Mary Ann sent to me. It's a gorgeous Llama. Just check out those big beautiful eyes! At that, y'all have a fantastic day. I'm off for a little nap.

Hugs, Edna B.

Another Beautiful Award

February 22, 2009

Tootsie got me up at 3:15 this morning. My special littl girl wanted to play ball. Can you imagine? This is the third time she's done this lately. I made sure she made a potty stop first, then we played ball for a while. Next, I checked all my emails and the forum.

I ended up having to upload my previews for April DD's to the forum. Yup! You heard me right! We already have April half done. We have a truly amazing group at our forum at Magickal Scraps. I thoroughly enjoy working with this terrific group of ladies.

After I finished all this, I put in a brand new DVD that my daughter-in-law in Florida sent to me. It is a "Flick Back" from the year I was born - all sorts of news, sports, people and events from that year. That's the year that the movie "Gone With The Wind" first came out, we weren't in World War II yet, and the president of the United States was Franklin Delano Roosevelt. I'm old, huh?

Well, I had me a wonderful trip down memory lane over a nice hot cup of coffee. What a great way to start the day. Thank you, Belinda.

I also want to share another beautiful "Friends" award that I received a couple of days ago from Kyra @ http://smiekeltje.blogspot.com/. This lovely lady manages to put a huge smile on my face just about every day. She's also one of the finest designers I know, and a great team member. Do visit her blog, and say "hello" from me.

The rules are simple: Post it on your blog, Refer to the person who gave it to you, Nominate 5-7 other persons, Let them know by posting a note on their blog.

My nominees are:

Granny @ http://grannyart.blogspot.com/

Deb @ http://thescrappincop.blogspot.com/

Lady Shannon @ http://ladyshannonmemoriesmadeeasy.blogspot.com/

Noreen @ http://cajundesignscrapz.blogspot.com/

Davonna @ http://chroniclesofnani.blogspot.com/

I'm off now to forage into the world of "PC versus Human" challenge. Notice no squawking so far today? I really am trying to be good. Y'all have a wonderful day.

Hugs, Edna B.

Catching Up A Bit

February 21, 2009

Another day, another battle lost with Vista. This is a boring game. I need to find a way to bring back some of my favorite programs. Maybe then I won't dislike this stupid pc so much.

At least today, I was able to finish zipping up and uploading my portion of the March Daily Downloads for the Magickal Scraps forum. I also finished my portion for the April DD's. Now I just have a few more challenges to finish up and my March challenge posting bonuses. Ye gads! I just might make it.

The sun is shining brightly today, although it's not very warming. We're in the middle of a cold streak. Nice weather to stay indoors and watch TV. Or do laundry and vacuuming. Well, my vacuum cleaner just broke, so that takes care of the vacuuming for a while. I can live with that.

Today, I tried to put a map on this blog, and froze everything up tight as can be. Then I had to figure out how to get the damn thing off and get my blog running again. But I am persistent. I will make another attempt.

I'm going to post you a freebie, ( the matching QP to yesterdays layout) then take 2 Advil and go back for more punishment from this pc. Y'all have a great day.

Hugs, Edna B.

Here is your download link for my "High on Life" QP:

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Do You Know If There's A Back-Up Fairy?

February 20, 2009

After I left for work last night, Buster Brown (Wayne) showed up and spent 2 1/2 hours playing on my computer. What he fixed, I don't know. What I do know, is that none of my programs are installed yet. It seems that they either won't go in, or Vista and Trend Micro and HP just won't let them go in. Needless to say, I am extremely upset, and for just a nickel or so, I'd take an axe to this piece of crap that's supposed to be a fantastic computer.

I'm done venting for a while. I wish I could meet the back-up fairy. Then she could take my old pc back to where it was working fine, and I'd be a happy little camper. All my programs would be up and running, oh boy, oh boy.

Last night at work I worked on the ABC challenge for Magickal Scraps. This month the letters are "H" & "I." I haven't come up with a word yet for the letter I, but I will. My word for the letter H is "High." I get so high on life. Even Tootsie does. When she runs after her ball, she uses all the gusto she can muster up, and is tickled pink with herself when she picks the ball up. We don't need drugs or alcohol to get high. Everyday brings some new thing or challenge that keeps the adrenaline pumping.

Tonight, I have to find some stuff that was here on my pc last night, and today is playing hide and go seek. Don't you just love love it? Being outsmarted by some little plastic nerds hiding inside a big shiny black tower that's constantly covered in dust?

Did I tell you about my orthopedic check up the other day? I was telling my doctor about the wicked bad leg cramps and how do I make them tolerable. He told me to drink quinine water every night, and that would help some. So on my way home, I stopped at Walgreen's Pharmacy to buy some quinine water.

I looked all over the store, and finally asked an employee where it was. He looked at me like I had three heads. After a ten minute go-round, the guy said they didn't carry it. So now I went home and looked on the internet to see who carried it. I hate to tell you what the internet gave me. I plugged in quinine water and my zip code. It gave me all sorts of water bottles, water machines, and all kinds of other strange stuff - but no quinine water.

Next I called Shaw's Supermarket and asked for the manager in charge of water. It took five minutes of spelling quinine over and over to this nitwit, only to have him say that "Are you sure that's what it is? and, We don't carry that product."

While my brother was out doing an errand, he stopped at a local Stop & Shop Supermarket, and bought me four bottles. Success at last!! It's only been two days, so I don't know yet if it helps or not.

So now I'm going to see what kind of trouble I can get into with this pc. Y'all have a great night.

Hugs, Edna B.

"H is for High On Life"